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Spotlight spins back to Slammin’ Sarah

Posted in Softball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on February 28, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville alum Sarah Wright is swinging a big bat in Tennessee. (Photo property Michelle Thibodeaux/Sewanee softball)

She’s getting some big props.

Coupeville grad Sarah Wright was honored Monday by the Southern Athletic Association, tabbed as the SAA Softball Player of the Week.

The former Wolf, now a junior at Sewanee: The University of the South, had a huge day Sunday, ripping holes in the encroaching fog with lasers off her bats.

Wright bashed a double, came around to score, then hammered a game-tying three-run homerun as the Tigers stunned highly ranked Birmingham-Southern College.

Sewanee, which trailed 5-1 entering its final at-bat, rallied to win 6-5.

Wright, a prairie supernova, was a four-sport star, Valedictorian, and Homecoming Queen during her days at Coupeville High School.

She also sparked a full-on riot by an unruly group of hungry seagulls when she went running through an Eastern Washington parking lot waving tasty sandwiches in both hands while killing time at the state softball tourney during her high school senior season.

Legendary.

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Wright goes yard in college diamond victory

Posted in Softball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on February 27, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Sarah Wright, seen in earlier days, is a homer-hitting college softball star. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Not even the fog can stop her.

Playing on a day when weather first delayed her game, then shortened it, Coupeville grad Sarah Wright came up huge in the clutch Sunday in Tennessee.

Blasting a two-out, game-tying three-run homerun, the former Wolf star sparked Sewanee: The University of the South to a come-from-behind 6-5 win against the #5 ranked team in NCAA D-III softball.

Using a five-run rally to topple Birmingham-Southern in a game shortened to five innings, the Tigers won their second-straight game after dropping their first 11 contests of the season.

Sewanee was supposed to play three games this weekend, but Saturday’s doubleheader was postponed by weather.

Sunday’s twin-bill was cut down to one game, and only after the teams sat out a 30-minute fog delay midgame.

When she was on the field Sunday Wright was a holy terror.

The former CHS Valedictorian doubled, then came around to score to carry Sewanee to an early 1-0 lead.

She saved her best for last, however, crushing a ball down the left field line to knot the game at 5-5 with Sewanee down to its final out.

The Tigers won three batters later when Kendall Goodrum punched an RBI single to score Michaela Walker with the walk-off winner.

Wright, who is in her junior season at Sewanee, is finally set to play a full season on the diamond after her first two campaigns in Tennessee were shortened by the pandemic.

She’s piled up nine hits, including three doubles and Sunday’s four-bagger, to go with seven runs, seven RBI, and three walks this season.

The crunch-time home run against Birmingham-Southern was the third round-tripper of Wright’s collegiate career.

Sewanee returns to action — weather permitting — next weekend, when it squares off with Hendrix College from Arkansas.

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Wright returns, bat in hand

Posted in Softball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on February 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Sarah Wright kicked off her junior year of college softball. (Photo poached from Sylvia Arnold)

Wright in action this weekend. (Photo property Sewanee: University of the South)

She’s back in business on the diamond.

Coupeville High School grad Sarah Wright got her junior season of college softball started in style this weekend, playing in four games for Sewanee: The University of the South.

The former Wolf and her Tigers teammates traveled from Tennessee to Georgia, where they faced off with Albany State University.

While Sewanee lost all four games, Wright piled up two hits — including a double — two runs, two RBI, and two stolen bases, while playing both catcher and third base.

The last two seasons have been shortened by the pandemic, but Sewanee has a full 38-game schedule set for 2022. Games run through mid-April.

Wright, who was a multi-sport star (volleyball, soccer, basketball, softball) and Valedictorian during her time in Coupeville, is majoring in politics.

Sewanee returns to action next weekend, Feb. 11-12, when it travels to Mississippi for the MUW Invitational.

Wright and Co. will play two games apiece against tourney host Mississippi University for Women and Covenant College.

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Wright a star on diamond, in classroom

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , on June 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Sarah Wright

She’s a star on, and off, the field.

Coupeville High School grad Sarah Wright, now a softball player at Tennessee’s Sewanee: The University of the South, was named to the 2020-2021 Southern Athletic Association’s Academic Honor Roll.

To qualify, athletes had to record a grade point average of 3.25 or higher.

Wright was one of 264 Tigers across 21 SAA-sponsored varsity sports to earn the honor.

Sewanee’s softball team set a program record, with 11 players landing on the honor roll.

Through two pandemic-altered seasons on the diamond, Wright has shown she can be as successful in college as she was in high school.

The former Wolf hit .407 during her sophomore campaign, collecting 11 hits, including two doubles, while driving in five runs.

Through 26 career games at Sewanee, Wright sits with a .309 batting average, 68 at-bats, 21 hits, including two home runs and two doubles, and 12 RBI.

She has walked nine times, come around to score six times, and anchored the Tigers with her quick glove and explosive throwing arm behind the plate.

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She’s the Wright kind of player

Posted in Softball, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on June 3, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Sarah Wright

They like her style.

Coupeville High School grad Sarah Wright was honored last Friday by the Southern Athletic Association, tabbed to its All-Sportsmanship Team.

The SAA honored 21 sports in all.

Wright, now a sophomore at Sewanee: The University of the South, reps her school’s softball squad.

In its criteria, the SAA states it “places a special emphasis on good sportsmanship, great character, and fair play among all competitors.”

In between being nice to folks, Wright also had a strong campaign on the diamond.

The former Wolf finished her second season in Tennessee — a pandemic-shortened 10-game run — with a .407 batting average, collecting 11 hits, including two doubles, and driving in five runs.

Last spring, Wright’s season ended abruptly after 16 games, when Covid shut down college sports.

Despite not yet having played a full season of college ball, the former CHS valedictorian has piled up positive numbers when given the chance.

Through 26 career games at Sewanee, Wright sits with a .309 batting average, 68 at-bats, 21 hits, including two home runs and two doubles, and 12 RBI.

She has walked nine times, come around to score six times, and anchored the Tigers with her quick glove and explosive throwing arm behind the plate.

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